AUDITOR CONSENT - JH COHN LLP
Published on December 3, 2008
EXHIBIT
23.4
Consent of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
We
consent to the inclusion in this registration statement on Form S-4 of Access
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of our report, which includes an explanatory paragraph
relating to the ability of Virium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to continue as a going
concern, dated March 13, 2008, except for Note 3, as to which the date is April
17, 2008, on our audits of the financial statements of Virium Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and for the years then ended and for the
period from July 15, 1997 (date of inception) through December 31, 2007, as such
amounts relate to the amounts for the period from July 15, 1997 (date of
inception) through March 31, 2008. We also consent to the reference to our Firm
under the caption "Experts."
/s/J.H.
Cohn LLP
Roseland,
New Jersey
December
1, 2008